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Moment in Time: Portlaoise St Patrick’s Day parade in the year 2000

Some cool looking dudes (and dudettes) in the Portlaoise St Patrick's Day parade in 2000
Some cool looking dudes (and dudettes) in the Portlaoise St Patrick's Day parade in 2000

It’s not today nor yesterday, times were different then.

So goes the opening line of a catchy Saw Doctors song. This year we’re bringing you back to the year 2000 once again. Times weren’t that different really, apart from the fashion and the fact that everyone was beginning to get a mobile phone.

St Patrick’s Day parades were a big deal then too and Alf Harvey was in Portlaoise on March 17 to capture some of the action.

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